By Ihsanulah Panjshiri On daily bases, the Afghan media outlets have been reporting on civilian casualties that caused by roadside mines and suicide attacks. Whenever we turn on a TV, a radio and read a newspaper, there are several news about women and children, who have lost their lives or …
Read More »50 civilians killed, injured in airstrikes last month
AT News KABUL: At least 50 civilians have been killed and injured in the past one month in four Afghan and two US air attacks against residential areas in the provinces of Herat, Farah, Laghman, Balkh, Kundu, Badghis and Uruzgan, according to reports. The casualties include women and women. On …
Read More »Taliban explosives cache destroyed in south
AT News KABUL: Afghan security forces have destroyed enemy’s big cache of explosives in southern Paktia province, ministry of defense said on Saturday. A big cache of ammunition belonged to Taliban discovered and destroyed during Afghan commando forces crackdown in Zurmat district of Paktia province on Friday night, the ministry …
Read More »What benefit enemies get by killing innocent Afghans?
By Ihsanulah Panjshiri On daily bases, the Afghan media outlets have been reporting on civilian casualties that caused by roadside mines and suicide attacks. Whenever we turn on a TV, a radio and read a newspaper, there are several news about women and children, who have lost their lives or …
Read More »10pc surge in income tax returns filed this year
AT News KABUL: As Afghanistan looking forward to build a sustainable economy, the Ministry of Finance has estimated around 208 billion Afs annual taxable income which shows a ten percent increase compared to last year. Speaking to a news conference in Kabul on Saturday, Mohammad Isa Qudrat said the increase …
Read More »Abdullah urges transparency in election results
AT News KABUL: As election authorities are hewing closer to a conclusion and settlement in regard with contested issues surrounding 2019 elections, the incumbent chief executive Abdullah Abdullah urged the commissions to ensure transparency in tabulation and announcement of the election results. Addressing a press conference in Kabul on Saturday, …
Read More »Washington calls for robust action against corrupt officials
AT News KABUL: A top U.S. diplomat Saturday called for more robust and effective action against Afghanistan government officials who indulge in corruption and fraud. Following the arrest of six senior Afghan police officials for drug smuggling charges, the US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, …
Read More »65 per cent Afghans deprived from government electricity
AT News KABUL: Some 65 per cent of Afghan population are still deprived from government, says the Integrity Watch Afghanistan, two decades after tens of billions of dollars were donated by international community to reconstruction of Afghan infrastructures. Sayed Ekram Afzali, head of the watchdog calls mismanagement in the government …
Read More »US sees raise in opium production in Afghanistan
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Poppy cultivation declined but potential opium production increased in Afghanistan last year, says the United States. The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy said this in the US government’s annual estimate of drug production on Friday. The report said Afghanistan’s poppy cultivation had decreased …
Read More »Afghanistan to renovate Hindu temples
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan plans to renovate temples of Hindu and Sikh communities – in what is seen as a rare move by the government to address woes of religious minorities who have called this country their home over the centuries. Ministry of Finance has unveiled a $650,000 budget plan …
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